Improvement in field-roller



W. WESTFALL.

Land Roller.

Patented Nov. 17. 1868.

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Lam Patent No. s4,150, 'dma November 17, 1868 i HVIPROVETMENT IN FIELD-BOILER.

The.schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same.

To whom it ma/y concern Be it known thatI, WEsLEY WEsrrALL, of Ohelsea, in the county of Washtenaw, and State of Michi gan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Field-Rollers; and I do declare that the following is a trueand accurate description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of implements required by the farmer in preparing the ,soil for culti- 'vation, and for packing it over the seed when sown, and consists in soy arranging the ordinary rollers in common use, in a proper flame, that the rollers will follow and readily adapt them selves to any inequalities in the'surface of the ground.

In order to accomplish this end, I use two or more rollers, A A", the first being secured in the flame B by proper journals and bearings -D, while the roller A- is similarly secured in a similar flame O by other proper journals and bearings El 111. the accompanying drawings, each of the timbers forming each of the frames is respectively marked B and C so as to designate'which flame theyform parts of. These frames are so constructed that they may be hinged'together by proper bolts F, (partially shown in dotted lines,) and the rollers so secured in the flames that oneprec'edes the other, while their ends lap 'upon each other.

G is the necessary device to which to attach a team.

By this arrangement I construct a field-roller that will adjust itself to all inequalities of the ground, and the lapping of the rollers prevents the formation of ridges, and compels the 'rollers'to operate upon the whole surface of the ground.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The flames B B B and C O 0 when constructed as described, and secured by the pins F, to bear the rollers A"A, all arranged, constructed, and operating as described and she WESLEY WESTFALL. Witnesses:

IsRAnL BAILEY, Dnwrrr STEWART.- 

